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An international law enforcement operation led by France and the Netherlands dismantled First VPN, a cybercriminal anonymization service used by ransomware actors, fraudsters, and data thieves across every major cybercrime investigation Europol has supported in recent years. Bitdefender supported the investigation through Europol, helping generate intelligence that exposed hundreds of individuals linked to cybercrime. This is the first VPN-category takedown in the history of Bitdefender’s law enforcement collaboration program, extending a research-led crime prevention strategy.

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